एवमघटमानमनोरथाकुलहृदयो मृगदारकाभासेन स्वारब्धकर्मणा योगारम्भणतो विभ्रंशित: स योगतापसो भगवदाराधनलक्षणाच्च कथमितरथा जात्यन्तर एणकुणक आसङ्ग: साक्षान्नि:श्रेयसप्रतिपक्षतया प्राक्परित्यक्तदुस्त्यजहृदयाभिजातस्य तस्यैवमन्तरायविहत योगारम्भणस्य राजर्षेर्भरतस्य तावन्मृगार्भकपोषणपालनप्रीणनलालनानुषङ्गेणाविगणयत आत्मानमहिरिवाखुबिलं दुरतिक्रम: काल: करालरभस आपद्यत ॥ २६ ॥
evam aghatamana-manorathakula-hrdayo mrga-darakabhasena svarabdha-karmana yogarambhanato vibhramsitah sa yoga-tapaso bhagavad-aradhana-laksanac ca katham itaratha jaty-antara ena-kunaka asangah saksan nihsreyasa-pratipaksataya prak-parityakta-dustyaja-hrdayabhijatasya tasyaivam antaraya-vihata-yogarambhanasya rajarser bharatasya tavan mrgarbhaka-posana-palana-prinana-lalananusangenaviganayata atmanam ahir ivakhu-bilam duratikramah kalah karala-rabhasa apadyata.
- evam
- in that way
- aghatamana
- impossible to be achieved
- manah-ratha
- by desires, which are like mental chariots
- akula
- aggrieved
- hrdayah
- whose heart
- mrga-daraka-abhasena
- resembling the son of a deer
- sva-arabdha-karmana
- by the bad results of his unseen fruitive actions
- yoga-arambhanatah
- from the activities of yoga performances
- vibhramsitah
- fallen down
- sah
- he (Maharaja Bharata)
- yoga-tapasah
- executing the activities of mystic yoga and austerities
- bhagavat-aradhana-laksanat
- from the activities of devotional service rendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- ca
- and
- katham
- how
- itaratha
- else
- jati-antare
- belonging to a different species of life
- ena-kunake
- to the body of a deer calf
- asangah
- so much affectionate attachment
- saksat
- directly
- nihsreyasa
- to achieve the ultimate goal of life
- pratipaksataya
- with the quality of being an obstacle
- prak
- who previously
- parityakta
- given up
- dustyaja
- although very difficult to give up
- hrdaya-abhijatasya
- his sons, born of his own heart
- tasya
- of him
- evam
- thus
- antaraya
- by that obstacle
- vihata
- obstructed
- yoga-arambhanasya
- whose path of executing the mystic yoga practices
- raja-rseh
- of the great saintly King
- bharatasya
- of Maharaja Bharata
- tavat
- in that way
- mrga-arbhaka
- the son of a deer
- posana
- in maintaining
- palana
- in protecting
- prinana
- in making happy
- lalana
- in fondling
- anusangena
- by constant absorption
- aviganayatah
- neglecting
- atmanam
- his own soul
- ahih iva
- like a serpent
- akhu-bilam
- the hole of a mouse
- duratikramah
- unsurpassable
- kalah
- ultimate death
- karala
- terrible
- rabhasah
- having speed
- apadyata
- arrived
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, in this way Bharata Maharaja was overwhelmed by an uncontrollable desire which was manifest in the form of the deer. Due to the fruitive results of his past deeds, he fell down from mystic yoga, austerity and worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If it were not due to his past fruitive activity, how could he have been attracted to the deer after giving up the association of his own son and family, considering them stumbling blocks on the path of spiritual life? How could he show such uncontrollable affection for a deer? This was definitely due to his past karma. The King was so engrossed in petting and maintaining the deer that he fell down from his spiritual activities. In due course of time, insurmountable death, which is compared to a venomous snake that enters the hole created by a mouse, situated itself before him.